Brandon Crawford made history just by showing up Tuesday night against the Rangers. The 34-year-old played in his 1,326th career game at shortstop, the most in Giants history. It’s a position he’s fielded as superbly as anyone else in the past decade, with two All-Star appearances and three Gold Gloves in his trophy case—not bad for someone scouts once thought was destined to move to second or third base.
It should come as no surprise that the guy whose best memory of his big league debut was his first ground ball—not his go-ahead, seventh-inning grand slam—has been a mainstay at the position for so long.